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'''''Volucella''''' is a [[genus]] of large, broad bodied, dramatic [[hover-fly|hover-flies]]. They have distinctive [[Wiktionary:plumose|plumose]] [[Arista (biology)|arista]]s and the face is extended downwards.<ref>{{cite book|author=Coe, R.L.|year=1953 |title=Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1|pages=98pp |publisher=Royal Entomological Society of London}}</ref> They are strongly [[Insect migration|migratory]] |
'''''Volucella''''' is a [[genus]] of large, broad bodied, dramatic [[hover-fly|hover-flies]]. They have distinctive [[Wiktionary:plumose|plumose]] [[Arista (biology)|arista]]s and the face is extended downwards.<ref>{{cite book|author=Coe, R.L.|year=1953 |title=Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1|pages=98pp |publisher=Royal Entomological Society of London}}</ref> They are strongly [[Insect migration|migratory]] and males are often [[Territory (animal)|territorial]]. Adults feed on nectar of flowers and are often seen sunning on leaves. The [[larva]]e of most species live in nests of bumble bees and social wasps, where they are [[detritivore]]s and larval predators.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J.|year=1983 |title=British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide|pages=253, xvpp |publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society}}</ref> |
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Volucella is a genus of large, broad bodied, dramatic hover-flies. They have distinctive plumose aristas and the face is extended downwards.[1] They are strongly migratory and males are often territorial. Adults feed on nectar of flowers and are often seen sunning on leaves. The larvae of most species live in nests of bumble bees and social wasps, where they are detritivores and larval predators.[2]
Species
- V. abdominalis Wiedemann, 1830
- V. anastasia Hull, 1946
- V. anna Williston, 1887
- V. apicalis Loew, 1866
- V. apicifera Townsend, 1895
- V. avida Osten Sacken, 1877
- V. barei Curran, 1925
- V. bombylans (Linnaeus 1758)
- V. comstocki Williston, 1887
- V. dracaena Curran
- V. elegans Loew, 1862
- V. eugenia Williston, 1887
- V. florida Hull, 1941
- V. fraudulenta Williston, 1891
- V. haagii Jaennicke, 1867
- V. inanis (Linnaeus 1758)
- V. inflata (Fabricius, 1794)
- V. isabellina Williston, 1887
- V. lutzi Curran, 1930
- V. macrocephala Giglio-Tos, 1892
- V. megacephala Loew, 1863
- V. mexicana Macquart, 1842
- V. nigra Greene, 1923
- V. opalescens Townsend, 1901
- V. pallens Wiedemann, 1830
- V. pellucens (Linnaeus 1758)
- V. postica Say, 1829
- V. pusilla Macquart, 1842
- V. quadrata Williston, 1891
- V. satur Osten Sacken, 1877
- V. sternalis Curran, 1930
- V. tamaulipana Townsend, 1898
- V. tau Bigot, 1883
- V. tricincta Bigot, 1875
- V. unipunctata Curran, 1926
- V. vesicularia Curran, 1947
- V. victoria Williston, 1887
- V. zonaria (Poda, 1761)
References
- ^ Coe, R.L. (1953). Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 98pp.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
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